Flash Mob at Kelowna Court House – Video Report

To mark this week we have been working in partnership with our friends on the Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR) Committee to produce the Now What? campaign – highlighting the different and complementary services available here in the Central Okanagan. As part of that week we

National Volunteer Week 2013. Volunteers contribute 1000 of hours. They have a positive impact on our community daily. They help women believe in themselves. They nurture. They help stop child abuse. They fundraise. They listen with their hearts. They inspire hope. Please help us thank our

The Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society, Kelowna Women’s Shelter, and Kelowna Family Centre each provide services to residents of the West side, and are working together to develop a Strategic Plan to improve services to women and families. We are hosting a Community Forum on Friday,

Events Taking Place in Kelowna and West Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) – “We all have a role” is the theme of this year’s National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, taking place across Canada from April 21-27, 2013. The week will be launched in Ottawa on April 21, 2013 by the

You can change the lives of women and girls. You can transform oppression into opportunity. You can do this as just as you are. Where you are: here in your own community. Just the Way You Are will bring local individuals together for a screening of the acclaimed documentary Half the Sky,

The Elizabeth Fry Society, the Kelowna Women’s Shelter, and the Kelowna Family Centre each provide services to residents of the Westside and are aware that approximately 1/3 of our client-base are residents of the Westside. We have identified gaps in services for this area and would like to

We been overjoyed by our community’s generosity this year for our Christmas Hamper Program! Our volunteers and staff have delivered 30 hampers to low income families throughout our community this week. The families have been delighted by the love and care shown to them by members of our

Say it loud. Say it proud… “This is what a feminist looks like”. That’s the message on our super-stylish E Fry t-shirts. They make a great last-minute Christmas gift idea and all proceeds support our sexual assault counseling centre . Originally launched as part of our

On Dec 6th – Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women – we remembered women and girls who had been murdered in gender-based violence. We would like to thank all those that attended the event, spoke at the event and helped organize the event.

Violence against women is a pervasive human rights violation, a public health crisis, and an obstacle to equality, development, security, and peace. Forms of gender-based violence include, but are not limited to: domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape, sexual harassment, trafficking in women,